>> good morning everyone. i am patti ann browne. >> i am ainsley earhardt. >> it is thursday august 30th. thank you so much for watching "fox & friends first". >> congressman paul ryan formally accepting the republican party's nomination for vice president. ryan repeatedly bringing the rnc crowd to its feet talking about the gop ticket's vision for the future. he vowed he and mitt romney will bring leadership back to the white house for all americans. we will not duck the tough issues. we will lead. we will not spend the next four years blaming others. we will take responsibility. we will not try to replace our founding principles. we will reapply our founding

principles. >> with more on the convention let's go to peert dter doocy. >> mr. ryan's speech was very well received the delegates and party leaders inside the tampa bay forum last night knowing there were more eyeballs on him than normal in the forum and across america. he used the line we have heard before on the trail about the difference between the romney ticket and the president's ticket when it comes to saving medicare for future generations. the people of wisconsin have been good to me. i have tried to live up to their trust. and now i ask those hard-working men and women and millions like them across america to join ours cause and get this docountry working again. when governor romney asked me to join the ticket, i said let's get this done. that is exactly what we are going to do. >> there you get a sense of a

big team congressman ryan, change. the next 4 years won't be better than the last four years without a change. for the economy to turn and voters should switch president and mitt romney run the show. 42-year-old paul ryan's political life he also said he hopes his dad who passed away when he was 16 would be proud of him. he said for due future generations they should pick the romney ticket. >> our opponents should consider themselves on notice. in this election on this issue, the usual posturing isn't going to work. mitt romney and i know the difference between protecting a program and raiding it. we need this debate, we want this debate, we will win this debate.

(cheers and applause) >> as he became the official vice presidential nominee for the republican party congressman ryan says he accepts the calling of this generation to quote give our children the america that was given to us. thank you in new york. piecer doocy live in washington. thank you. >> he wasn't the only one to bring the crowd to his feet. >> condoleezza rice and new mexico's governor susanna martinez getting huge reactions speaking about a common theme, celebrating success. here is condoleezza rice. >> when the world looks at us today they see an american government that cannot live within its means. they see an american government that continues to borrow money that will mortgage the future for generations to come.

the world know when is it loses control of it's finances it eventually loses control of its destiny. that is not the america that has inspired people to follow our lead. after all. when the world looks to america they look to us because we are the most successful economic and political experiment in human history. that is the true basis of american exceptionalism. the essence of america what really unites us is not nationality or et nhnicity or religion it's an idea. what an idea it is. you can come from humble status and you can do great things. it doesn't matter where you came from, it matters where you are going. >> secretary rice was followed by governor martinez who made her case for mitt romney and

paul miryan. >> in many ways mitt romney and i are very different, different starts in life different paths to leadership. different cultures, but we have each shared in the promise of america. and we share a core belief that the promise of america must be kept for the next generation. (speaking spanish) >> it is suck sellings. success is the american dream. that success is not something to be ashamed of or to demonize. there is one candidate in this election who will protect that dream, one leader who will fight hard to keep the promise of america for the next generation. that is why we must stand up and

make mitt romney the next president of the united states. >> we will have many more highlights from last night's speech. that brings us down to our brew on this question of the day. what's your favorite moment from the question so far. >> you can send us your comments or e-mail fox friend first@foxnews.com. switching gears to another top story slow moving eyes expected to become a tropical depression by the end of the day. it moves further inland making its way to arkansas by friday. for many who live near the gulf coast isaac has been relentless bringing 70 mile per hour winds, storm surges and tropical rain. it is estimated more than 22 inches fell in some parts of louisiana. in plaquemines parish risky

conditions saving dozens of people on their roofs this after water pushed over the levy. the president saying the flooding there is worse than what he saw during hurricane katrina. >> had to break through the ceiling and come through the attic. took us out of the attic into the boat. it is very bad down there. very bad. >> right now at least 700 thousand people in four states without electricity this morning downed power lines and scattered tree limbs are lining the streets. jonathan serre is live on the ground. >> good morning to you. the winds have calmed down. that is finally going to allow utility crews to go in and try to restore electricity.

the main test of this storm was the new levy system the army corps of engineers made nearly a $15 billion in improvement to a levy system protecting the city of new orleans and it held up very nicely in the storm. a different story outside of the federally protected area some of the local levees want to show you more video from plaquemines parish. they stayed behind even though this area this particular part of plaquemines parish was under mandatory evacuation, this particular neighborhood survived previous storms, but every storm is different. even though this particular storm isaac was no stronger than a category 1 hurricane it was moving so slowly the storm surge became a huge issue and this bath water levy wasn't tall enough to hold all of the water back and water started lapping over the top of the levy.

authorities had to go in and rescue those residents. they also had to evacuate approximately 100 residents from a local nursing home. fortunately they report they were able to do so with no serious injuries. ainsley and patti ann back to you. thank you so much for that update. >> we have a brand new update out moments ago. janice dean has all of the details. she joins us from the extreme weather center. >> 45 miles an hour. still a tropical storm but the storm is starting to weaken. it could dump additional 6 to 12 to 18 inches on already saturated ground. we have the threats of torontos for parts of louisiana through mississippi this tornado watch good until 8:00 a.m. local time central time. still seeing wind gusts in excess of 45 miles per hour in new orleans, 41 mobile.

still getting those wind gusts and of course the rain is going to continue to drive hard into some of those areas. i want to point out as we head further out in time in the weekend up through the plains and the midwest this is much needed rainfall for this area. that is the good news from this storm. a slow moving storm as we look at the future radar, ladies. thursday into friday not moving very much. again once we get into the weekend it will start to move into the drought stricken areas. that will fortunately be some good news from this storm system. back to you ainsley and patty ann. janice dean, thank you. >> just hovering over that area. time for your 5@5:00. we begin with a developing story out of southern afghanistan wefrment learning two nato troops have been killed in a helicopter crash overnight. the nationalities of those soldiers unknown at this point. there were no reports of enemy activity in the area when the chopper went down.

54 international service members have been killed in afghanistan this month alone. many of them american. accused dark knight shooter james paul is due back in court today. a judge considering whether to release a notebook he reportedly mailed to a school psychiatrist the days before the massacre. there are reports the notebook may contain a detailed plan of attack including a map of the movie theater where holmes is accused of killing 12 people. holmes' lawyers say it is under dr. patient privilege. the prosecution says he's a cold blooded killer that planned his attack. >> he loses control of his cadillac and plows into a group of people. just so happens to be near an elementary school. this happened in california. 11 people prl injured including 9 children. four said to be in serum why yous condition.

>> hit a lot of kids. >> i am sorry about that. i wouldn't do that for nothing on earth. >> brakes must have failed he said. the driver has not been charged. a big space walk set to happen in a few hours of the international space station. an american astronaut and japanese astronaut will replace a faulty power unit set up power tabl cables and replace a camera all during this walk. this is the first space walk since july of last year. millions of americans tuning in every day to watch the national republican convention. one person who is not watching, the first lady. >> did you see any of the convention? >> no -- i -- well, no. let me start by saying, i as the wife of the guy they are running against, i tend not to watch it.

but i think it's important for everyone to watch these conventions, because this is a time where you get to know the party, understand the platform, you understand the candidates. >> the first lady also saying she has been working very hard practicing her speech for the democratic national convention next week. those are your 5@5:00. 13 after the hour, swearing, lying and smoking on campus no longer grounds for suspension? one school district going soft on its punishment. >> attendees of the national convention watching in awe as they get an appearance from a famous father son team. as we head to break a quick look at mike huckabee's speech last night. >> he said if he didn't turn things around in 3 years it would be a one-term proposition? well it has been almost four years. i say let's make him a

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last month to a minimum wage because of a $16.8 million budget gap. the defense resting its case in the drew peterson trial. accused of murdering his third wife katherine sabio. katherine's son thomas was the last person to take the stands. he told jurors he believes his father is innocent. a look at who is talking they share the most unique father and son bond possible. former president bush 41 and 43 making convention cameos in a heartwarming video that aired at the rnc. >> i remember the first time i went to the oval office as president i was in awe. after i got there i had a guest and that was president 41. >> i was in the bathtub at the white house residence. ramsey said get out of that bathtub your son is in the oval

office. >> i remember the conversation went like this, welcome, mr. president, it's good to see you mr. president. that's all we said. >> it was fun just walking in and seeing your own son being president of the united states. >> i remember visiting dad in the oval office when he was president and how much reverence he treated the office. i tried to do the same thing. >> 41 and 43 also sharing how history will remember the other's presidency. >> integrity, honesty. never a scandal around this presidency. i think we forget the poshimpore of that. but they will remember it as being a good president who got a lot of things done. the thing i take pride in is integrity. >> history will remember him as

a great president. not only was he well prepared for the job, but when the unexpected took place, he handled it with vision, a clear strategy and calm nerves. >> the former presidents both said they have no doubt mitt romney will make a great president. isn'ted that sweet. as a child you want to please your parents i am sure that's the ultimate pleasure for both of them. >> the time is 19 after the hour. hurricane isaac packing a big punch. so much rain, water coming over the top of that levy near new orleans. we are going to get the latest on the levy's condition. wal-mart shoppers listen up. you may have a huge break at the pump all thanks to the discount store. highlights from last night this time tim pawlenty. >> i have come to realize barack obama is the tattoo president. like a big tattoo it seemed cool

when we were young, but later on the decision doesn't look so good and you wonder, what was i thinking?

>> a florida appeals court grants george zimmerman's request for a new judge. it put him in reasonable afear of a new trial. he wanted the judge removed after his client said he was manipulated the system. >> some relief at the pump for wal-mart shoppers. a promotion starts tomorrow shopper who's use wal-mart

credit card will save $0.15 per gallon shoppers who use a wal-mart gift card save $0.10 a gallon. >> some parts of louisiana could see up to 2 feet of rain by the end of this week as slow moving isaac continues to drench that region putting much pressure on some of those levees there. specifically this 18 mile long one in plaquemines parish. ken, are you with us? >> i am here. thank you very much for having me this morning. >> this changed a lot over the last 7 years. is that because the storm wasn't as strong or because of the improvements? >> the system is designed to protect against a 100 year storm. this was not a 100-year storm. the system with the major upgrades that were in place

since cat vienna have a long way to making everything work exactly as we engineered exactly and as it has been designed. >> we heard a lot about plack n plaquemines parish strained because the water is overflowing. how are you going to do this? >> this is a nonfederal levy it belongs to plaquemines parish. it provide more protection and reduces the risk for their citizens down there. we will provide the technical assistance engineering assistance when they rebuild it after it is drained. we have brought in a large number of pumps we want to brain it by pumping the water out. we want to stand by the people of plaquemines to give them life back as soon as possible. >> a lot of people complaining

because the levees should be federally funded why isn't that the action? >> that is way above the new orleans district. i am sure it is something that will be decided. we need to stay close to the people of plaquemines and provide as much assistance as we possibly can. >> ken holder you are in in our thoughts and prayers. >> thank you so much. >> thank you for having us. >> 26 after the hour. one of the most talked about moments from the night. >> they have her absolutely convinced even if she can't have a hamburger at the wol worth counter she can be president of the united states as she becomes secretary of state. >> more from the speech a lot of people are talking about this morning. >> who is the surprise guest that could take the stage later tonight? we are going to give you a hint

after the break. first on this day in history back in 1975. get down tonight by casey and the sunshine band with the numb was the number one song. ♪

>> the big gossip now is there will be a mystery speaker tomorrow night. republicans have a big mystery speaker lined up, someone they say will embarrass president obama. oh my god. they got joe biden. oh my god. >> welcome back to "fox & friends first". i am ainsley earhardt. >> i am patty ann brown. >> could it be clint eastwood getting ared to make romney's day, that's the latest rumor

that eastwood is the guest speaker. he got to know romney when he was filming mystic river when romney was the governor there. paul ryan rallying the ticket plans to restore america to greatness last night as he accepted the vp knowledge nod h democrats and republicans to unite together and promised not to let them down. >> whatever your political party let's join together for the sake of our country. join mitt romney and me. let's give this effort everything we have. let's get this done. >> doug luzader is live. >> it comes down to tonight. take a look at all of the changes they are making. everybody getting set for mitt

romney to accept the party's nomination. his running mate warmed up the crowd a speech that was part biography start popart policy. he assumed the aggressive kind of posture that comes with that job. i have never seen opponents so silent about their record and so desperate to keep their power. they have run out of ideas. their moment came and went. fear and division is all they have left. with all their attack ads the president is throwing away money. he is mrit tpretty experienced that. >> now all of this sets the stage for mitt romney to come together to formally accept the

nomination for president. he was in indianapolis speaking to an american league gone gathering on a day the campaign was really stressing foreign policy and national security issues. paul ryan's bread and butter was the economy. >> college graduates shouldn't have to live out their 20s in their childhood bedrooms staring up at fading obama posters and wondering when they can move out and get going with life. everyone who feels stuck in the obama economy is right to focus on the here and now. i hope you understand this, too, if you are feeling left out or passed by you have not failed your leaders have failed you.

>> finally, that's what everyone is talking about that is the official schedule to be announced. what speaker is that? we don't know at this point. there's a lot of speculation as to the identity of that person. newt gingrich will be speaking tonight again bush and florida senator marco rubio. back to you in new york. >> we will be clued to it. thank you so much, doug. paul ryan having lighter notes in his speech. >> there was one moment where he knocked romney's musical taste. >> we are a full generation apart governor romney and i. in some ways we are different. there are the songs in his ipod which i have heard on the campaign bus and i have heard it on many hotel elevators. he actually urged me to play some of these songs at campaign

rallies. i said look i hope it's not a deal breaker, mitt, but my play list it starts with ac/dc and ends with zeppelin. >> a great reaction from the crowd. but this morning one of the most talked about moments from last night comes from condoleezza rice. it came when former secretary of state ends on a personal note about american ak exceptionalism. >> on a personal note a little girl grows up in beirmingham th segregated city of the south where her parents can't take her to a movie theater or to a restaurant but they have her absolutely convinced even if she can't have a hamburger at the wol worth lunch counter she could be president of the united states if she wants to be and she becomes secretary of state. >> fox and friends will have a lot more reaction to last night's speeches and preview romney's address tonight, jeb bush, bill o'reilly just to name a few.

it's a show you don't want to miss. now to an extreme mweather alert. isaac may have grew to a tropical storm but problems are growing fast. jonathan siere is live on the ground. >> webbings peer yens rain and anticipate we will for moist of the rest of the day as we have the outer bands of the back half of this storm pass over louisiana. as this rain continues to fall over a wide region with the slow moving storm people living far inland could experience flooding if there is low lying areas. near the coast the storm surge has been the problem during advance of the storm. plaquemines parish where water over topped one of the levees. it is a small local levy outside of the federally controlled area. water starting spilling over the

top. residents say they haven't experienced problems in past storms so they decided to stay in their home even though it was under a mandatory evacuation. those rescues went through without any serious injuries. good news there. through out the region there are reports of downed power lines downed trees and about 700 thousand people without electricity. because the storm has been moving slowly taking a while for the winds to die down. power crews go back and restore electricity. back to you ainsley and patti ann. >> jonathan live in new orleans, thank you. janice dean has been tracking the storm. >> incredible storm totals already coming out of the new orleans' area up to 20 inches in the park. we will get official amounts through out the day today.

royal palm beach is in florida. this brought quite a few inches to parts of florida. tornado watch in effect until 8:00 a.m. local time for parts of louisiana, mississippi and alabama. we have several tornado warnings being reported in and around alabama and mississippi even in the florida panhandle. we are seeing rotation. we will keep you up to date on that. here is the lathes tropical storm isaac 45 miles per hour moving northwest at 8 miles per hour. eventually we will have a good news story all of the rainfall will make it into drought stricken areas. for now additional 6-12-18 inches on saturated ground. this is a story we will continue to follow through out the day and into the weekend. >> category 1. thank goodness it wasn't 3 or 4. >> oo top five stories making

news at this hour he was thrown in jail after he helped the u.s. track down in london. the appeals is schedule to do resume. he was convicted of having ties to militants. ram paul is among those for treating him like a hero. >> a tragic story out of connecticut last night. a man who was trying to help a homeowner fix his propaning leak died when the house exploded. the man's young son and homeowner was taken to the hospital. the house now completely destroyed except for the chimney. the homeowner's wife and children were not at home at the time. >> swearing, lying and smoking on campus no longer grounds for detention? school officials easing up on

disciplinary guidelines. stew didn'ts -- students can le campus and gamble on campus without detention. a convicted murderer escaped a jail cell using a popsicle stick. this happened in hobbs, new mexico. the president said he attached a small razor attached to the pop sti sickle stick and chipped away until it finally popped open. he used a bed sheet to propel down two stories. after all of that he had a change of heart so he turned himself in. prison officials say he never would have made it past the gates. >> they thought they were winners of the balancing after school.

>> daddy. >> he surprised his two young kids. he was gone for 8 months in kwut t qutar. his family couldn't be any happier. >> i am so excited for my kids. it has been a long time. >> the school is sending them to the colorado rocky's game. that's your 5@5:30. the time now is 41 after the hour. coming up did paul ryan make his case for the american public. what did mitt romney do tonight to win over the country? we will get reaction. >> we have heard the darrenings of texting and driving. we have more startling data on the consequences of texting and walking. here is senator and former nominee john mccain. >> we can go toward a case that

is dimmer and more dangerous than our past or choose to reform revitalizing our ailing economy and renew the foundations of our power and leadership in the world. that is what is at stake in this election.

ov>> it is 16 to the top of the hour. let's look at what's making headlines overseas.

two american tourists are dead this morning after the vehicle they were in plunged more than 1,000 feet into a ravine. the peruvian driver was also killed they were touring ancient ruins when the driver lost control. authorities say he misjudged the road. now to china where rain brought on by a typhoon left dozens of people stranded in the northeastern part of the country. crews taking boats through flooded streets to bring people to safety. and we end with the world's largest food fight. this is in spain. tens of thousands of people hitting each other with 20 tons of tomatoes during the annual battle. messy. >> paul ryan formally accepting the republican nomination. president obama he says has shown a lack of leadership. >> president obama was asked not

long ago to reflect on any of the mistakes he might have made. he said well, i haven't communicated enough. he said his job is to quote tell a story to the american people. as if that's the whole problem here? he needs to talk more and we need to be better listeners? these past four years we had suffered no shortage of words in the white house. what is missing is leadership in the white house. >> did he make his case to the american people? let's go to tampa and ask fox news contributing editor and editor of the daily caller tucker carlson. good morning tucker. >> he went right for specifics talking medicare he is trying to save it obama is trying to raid it. what did you think overall? >> republicans love paul ryan.

unlike many members of congress he is good at explaining why he believes what he does. as the medicare question the problem is it gives democrats opportunity to talk about entitlements. that's where they typically win. they flip it around and make the ro am into he campaign defender of medicare in the face of the president's cut to medicare. that is their gamble that's their plan. i thought they did a good job the beginning stages of it. >> do you think it was worth -- you are saying it is risky to bring up medicare because the democrats love the issue. do you think worth the risk here? oo they said look the obama campaign was going to use it against us anyway. it is better to be on the aggressive rather than the defensive. if you ask most which is going to give you free stuff the democrats win that.

people perceive they are more generous with tax dollars. for the older voters who vote a lot the democrats have an advantage. that is starting to change in a couple of states because of paul ryan's argument the romney's president he will protect the popular entitlement. mitt romney speaking tonight what does he have to do? >> first thing he has to give a better speech than paul ryan did last night. those really woefrnt big. the second thing speeches are better remembered for foul ups than they are for soaring rhetoric. we will remember the governor of texas rick perry's mess up during the debate long after we forget much else about it. don't make a mistake. try to em press people as your

vp candidate did. find who you are be a decent person. i wouldn't put greater importance on this than any other rnc speech. >> do you see him bringing that on? >> if this is a campaign about about warmth and empathy ald who would you rather have a beer with, who seems cooler and who has hipper songs on his i pods. he is going to lose. they have to be real about that. obama is going to beat him. but if you campaign about the economy and who is a better stewart of that i think he will win. my advice is to keep it to those questions. >> thank you so much. >> thanks patti ann. >> men, listen up. one chocolate bar a week could come with major health benefits. >> it is your last chance to answer the question of the day.

what has been your favorite moment from the convention thus far? we will have some of your e-mails next. let's check in with brian kilmeade to see what's coming up on "fox & friends". >> ainsley and patty ann great show as usual. we have jeff bub bush coming up hulk hogan. we are going to talk to herman cain and this guy named bill o'reilly who is really tall and finally in town. they are breaking down paul ryan's speeches how condoleezza rice possibly hit it out of the park. we are going to be having fun because we are previewing mitt romney's speech. i have 5 minutes. i am going to jump into the water. see you soon.

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of the hour distracted walking is taking a tollon teens. the number of teenagers injured in pedestrian accidents has risen 25 percent. it is related to the kids texting and using the ipod. men may be able to reduce the risk of a stroke by eating one chocolate bar a week. swedish researchers studied more than 37,000 men for 10 years and found those who ate dark chocolate lowered the risk by 17 percent. earlier in the show we asked you to brew on what was the favorite moment from the convention so far? when ryan teased romney over the difference of the music. it shows they can still have fun on the job. >> tony said crying along with conde when mrs. romney talked

about the cancer in the fairy tale . and the remarks about her husband were unforgettable. condi set the bar high. but paul ryan's was the best of the night. please keep the comments coming into us. >> while mitt romney prepared to deliver his proposal to the country, this convention goers is offering his own. can you figure out the word of the day? stick around we'll tell you the answer. and we'll head to the break. if he can take credit for government building small businesses, then he can accept responsibility for breaking his promise and adding five trillion dollars to the national debt. because he did build that.

>> and here is another highlight from the convention. a fairy tale love story unfolding right on the stage at the rnc. >> i love you. >> and i love you. >> will you marry me? >> yes.

>> will you marry me? >> bradley thompson proposed to his girlfriend of three years lara. both are convention staffers and they rigged the monitors to spell out will you marry me. he got down on one knee to pop the big question and she said yes. no word on the wedding date just yet. >> what if president obama wins the delegate? >> time now to get scrambled up. steve doocy with our word of the day. nominee. >> good job. so obvious once we know it. >> steve: i usually got it after first three letters. >> have a